Francisco Martin Duran

Francisco Martin Duran (8 September 1968-) was a New Mexico resident who attempted to assassinate US president Bill Clinton with an SKS rifle on 29 October 1994. He fired potshots at the White House, hitting a window, before he was arrested. Duran was sentenced to 40 years in prison, and the White House was no longer open to the public.

Biography
Francisco Martin Duran was born in Albuquerque, New Mexico on 8 September 1968. Duran had a hatred of the United States government, and he decided to act on his hatred by assassinating President Bill Clinton in the White House. Duran used an SKS rifle to fire at the White House from the outside fence, shooting at a group of people who were talking in the garden; he believed that Clinton was one of the men. He fired 29 shots before he was tackled by policemen. Duran pled insanity during his trial, claiming that he was attempting to save the USA from aliens, but the jury rejected this plea. Duran was sentenced to 40 years in prison, but he was projected to be released in 2029. The assassination attempt on Clinton did not cause any injuries, but it led to the revocation of the public's privilege to freely visit the White House.